“We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day … So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen … eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
I never met a more cheerful man than my friend Randy. A carpenter by trade, he spent many hours in our home doing various projects over the years (including making things more accessible for me after my stroke). I always knew when Randy was here working, because before I would see him, I’d hear him singing hymns and worship songs. He never worked without singing!
When Randy was diagnosed with stomach cancer and throughout his entire cancer journey until the Lord took him home, God filled Randy with songs of joy and hope that expressed his great love for Jesus. In a social media post, Randy shared, “As one dying of cancer, I can still say with Job, ‘Though he slay me, yet I will praise him!’ He is infinitely worthy of all my devotion and praise!”
Randy was a living picture of not losing heart, even when his diagnosis was terminal cancer. Though outwardly he was wasting away, the inward abundance of joy and hope renewed him daily. He fixed his gaze more and more on his Savior. Keep your eyes fixed on Him, too, whatever trial you’re facing.
When Randy was diagnosed with stomach cancer and throughout his entire cancer journey until the Lord took him home, God filled Randy with songs of joy and hope that expressed his great love for Jesus. In a social media post, Randy shared, “As one dying of cancer, I can still say with Job, ‘Though he slay me, yet I will praise him!’ He is infinitely worthy of all my devotion and praise!”
Randy was a living picture of not losing heart, even when his diagnosis was terminal cancer. Though outwardly he was wasting away, the inward abundance of joy and hope renewed him daily. He fixed his gaze more and more on his Savior. Keep your eyes fixed on Him, too, whatever trial you’re facing.
Scripture Focus
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Insight
“My salvation and happiness depend not on me beating cancer, but on God’s immutable determination to love and save me.” (Jenna DePrima, 2023)
Bible In A Year
- Jeremiah 19-20
- Psalm 113
- 1 Corinthians 1-2